Water-trap



No. 609,747. Patented Aug. 23, I898. J. PATTUN.

WATER TRAP.

(Application filed Sept. 12; 1896.) (No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH PATTON, OF SHARPSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO J. L. LUSE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND W. B. MITCHEL- TREE, OF RIDDLESBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 609,747, dated August 23, 1898.

Application filed September 12, 1896. Serial No. 605,642. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that LJosnrn PATTON,a citizen of the United States, residing at Sharpsville, in the county of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Water-Traps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a novel construction in a device for draining water from the cylinders of steam-engines, steam-pumps,and the like, and can be employed in various connections when this object is desired.

The invention consists in the features of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section of my water-trap. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same. I y

In practice the pipe 3 connects the cylinder (not shown) of a steam-engine with the dome of a water reservoir or trap 4, suitable checkvalves (not shown) being provided to prevent ba'ckflow of water. The cylinder 4 is provided at its lower end with a waste-pipe 6 and also with a dome 7 to receive a float 8. This float 8 is pivoted to one end of a lever 9, which lever is pivoted at its other end to astationary support at the other end of the cylinder. The said lever 9 carries a valve-stem 10, having a valve 11 to control the end of the waste-pipe 6. To guide the lever 9, I provide suitable inder 4, as shown in the drawings. Incertain cases-locomotive, for instance-I employ any form of obstruction or baffle plate 13 to break and quiet the vibration of the water, and in the drawings such device consists of an upright screen 13, secured to the guide-rods l2 and to cylinder 4; and having an upright slot for the passage of the lever 9.

The dome 7 is so situated as not to obstruct the interior of the reservoir 4 and obviates an internal construction which has been heretofore previously employed by the provision of a support for the float. This not only complicated the construction, but deprived the containing reservoir or receptacle of the capacity which would otherwise have been greater but for the space occupied by such support.

In the present construction the float 8 moves upwardly into the dome 7, and the latter is located above the reservoir, and by lengthening the valve-stem a greater capacityin the said reservoir can be secured. Furthermore, the dome can be applied to the reservoir from the exterior, making the construction much more simple and convenient.

The operation is as'follows: The water escaping or draining from the cylinder passes into the passage 3, and thence into the collecting-cylinder 4. Normally the weight of the float 8 will close the valve 11, so that the water will collect within this reservoir 4; but as soon as it rises high enough therein to lift the float 8 the valve 11 will be opened and allow the water to pass ofi through the waste-pipe 6.

It will thus be seen that the cylinder will be entirely drained of the water, and thus effectually prevent the head from being blown out, and it is therefore a very valuable adjunct to a locomotive. It also prevents the blowing of the steam from the side of the cylinder, which is liable to injure persons close to the locomotive and to frighten horses and animals.

I claim as my invention-- The improved apparatus, for receiving and automatically discharging water of condensation from steam-engine cylinders, the same consisting of the reservoir proper, having an elevated dome, a reticulated bathe-plate located transversely in the reservoir, and provided with'a vertical slot-guide, a waste-pipe attached on the under side, an inlet-pipe extending from said dome, to connect with engine-cylinders, a lever pivoted in said reservoir and movable in the aforesaid guide, a valve and stem connected with the lever, for controlling the waste, and a float, connected to and extending above the free end of said lever, and movable in the dome, thus leaving the reservoir-chamber mainly unobstructed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH PATTON.

Witnesses:

'1. O. HAZEN, C. H. TAYLOR. 

